| Service | Recipient | Citation |
| Australian Public Service | Dr Simon Andrew Barter | For outstanding public service to aircraft accident investigation and safety, in particular the area of metal fatigue in military aircraft, and the development of differentially corrected GPS based debris mapping. |
| Australian Public Service | Margaret Mary Carmody | For outstanding public service through contributions to improving the lives of people with permanent and significant disability, and longstanding and distinguished service to public administration in the area of social services. |
| Australian Public Service | Marion Estelle Grant | For outstanding public service through exceptional leadership of ongoing reform and modernisation of Australia's customs and border protection arrangements. |
| Australian Public Service | Timothy Hugh Pilgrim | For outstanding public service in the development and implementation of major reforms to the Privacy Act 1988. |
| Australian Public Service | Saravanamuthu Ponnampalam | For outstanding public service in the area of patent examination. |
| Australian Public Service | Amanda Louise Ritchie | For outstanding public service leading to increased employment participation of job seekers with disabilities, injuries and health conditions. |
| Australian Public Service | Penny Williams | For outstanding public service in the role of Australia's inaugural Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. |
| New South Wales | Anita Lesley Anderson | For outstanding public service to social justice, worker's compensation, and improved access to government services in regional areas of New South Wales. |
| New South Wales | Norman Angelkovic | For outstanding public service to the community of New South Wales through the provision of financial and human resources for the State Crime Command. |
| New South Wales | Raymond Paul Brownlee | For outstanding public service in New South Wales through executive roles with a range of local councils, and to the introduction of water conservation practices. |
| New South Wales | Peter Bernard De Natris | For outstanding public service to people with disabilities in New South Wales, and through improved employment opportunities for young people. |
| New South Wales | Arthur Diakos | For outstanding public service to the transport services sector in New South Wales through senior financial planning and management roles. |
| New South Wales | Marwan El-Chamy | For outstanding public service in New South Wales, particularly in the area of natural resource management and water legislation compliance. |
| New South Wales | Eric Ian Groom | For outstanding public service to regulatory economics and reform in New South Wales, to greenhouse gas abatement, and to consumer protection. |
| New South Wales | Michele Hall | For outstanding public service to education in New South Wales, and through improving outcomes for Indigenous students from disadvantaged rural and remote areas. |
| New South Wales | Christopher John Presland | For outstanding public service to education in New South Wales, particularly through leadership roles, to improved professional standards and certification, and to student performance. |
| New South Wales | Rodney Glenn Towney | For outstanding public service to education and employment opportunities for Indigenous youth in New South Wales, and through contributions to local government and community organisations. |
| New South Wales | Anthony Thomas Whitfield | For outstanding public service to public sector financial performance and reporting as Deputy Auditor General of New South Wales. |
| Victoria | Kurt Steve Butyn | For outstanding public service to education in Victoria, particularly as Principal of Werribee Secondary College. |
| Victoria | Peter William Farrell | For outstanding public service through leadership roles during and after major fire events in regional Victoria. |
| Victoria | Peter James Greenwell | For outstanding public service to education in Victoria, and to the development of programs to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged youth. |
| Victoria | Francis John Mickan | For outstanding public service to the primary industry sector in Victoria, through the introduction of strategies to improve dairy farming practices. |
| Victoria | Michelle Louise Seddon | For outstanding public service to community correctional services in Victoria, particularly through the introduction of innovative and accessible justice delivery programs. |
| Victoria | Janice Rosemary Snell | For outstanding public service in Victoria, particularly to people in rural and regional communities, through improved governance and delivery of social welfare programs and services. |
| Victoria | Graeme Kenneth Turner | For outstanding public service to conservation and the environment in Victoria, through the development of sustainable water security and resource management programs and policy. |
| Queensland | Raymond John Burton | For outstanding public service to local government, including to the Townsville City Council. |
| Queensland | Associate Professor Charles Patrick Denaro | For outstanding public service to Queensland Health. |
| Queensland | John Wilson Forster | For outstanding public service to Queensland Corrective Services. |
| Queensland | Peter Neville Rule | For outstanding public service to local and state government in Queensland. |
| Queensland | Aneurin Rhys Thomas | For outstanding public service to the Queensland community through the provision of public oral health services. |
| Western Australia | Alexander George Errington | For outstanding public service to land conservation and environmental preservation in Western Australia through policy development and senior management roles. |
| Western Australia | David John Hartley | For outstanding public service to the forest products industry in Western Australia through sustainable management, corporate governance, and market development. |
| Western Australia | Gail Josephine Milner | For outstanding public service to community health and aged care reform in Western Australia, particularly through the establishment and implementation of innovative clinical programs. |
| South Australia | Vaughan John Levitzke | For outstanding public service in the area of waste management reform and policy. |
| South Australia | Christine Elizabeth Russell | For outstanding public service in the provision of emergency health care and remote dialysis services across regional South Australia. |
| Australian Capital Territory | Grace Annette Dunlop | For outstanding public service to primary education in the Australian Capital Territory, as an advocate for gifted and talented students. |
| Australian Capital Territory | Donald Bryden Fletcher | For outstanding public service to conservation and the environment, particularly through significant contributions to ecological research, innovation and management. |
| Australian Capital Territory | Roslyn May Hayes | For outstanding public service to people with a disability in the Australian Capital Territory through policy development and reform. |
| Northern Territory | John Anthony Coleman | For outstanding public service to the community of the Northern Territory, and through parliamentary advisory roles. |
| Northern Territory | Ernest Charles Wanka | For outstanding public service to infrastructure planning in the Northern Territory, particularly the design, construction and maintenance of the road transport network. |
| Branch | Recipient |
| New South Wales Ambulance Services | Brian Joseph Parsell |
| New South Wales Ambulance Services | Phillip Peter Proust |
| Victorian Ambulance Services | Prof Stephen Anthony Bernard |
| Victorian Ambulance Services | Ralph Casey |
| Victorian Ambulance Services | Justin Michael Dunlop |
| Victorian Ambulance Services | Andrew Henery McDonell |
| Victorian Ambulance Services | Ian Vernon Rogers |
| Victorian Ambulance Services | Michael William Stepensen |
| Queensland Ambulance Services | Craig Vaughn Jackson |
| Queensland Ambulance Services | Wayne Vaughn Jackson |
| Western Australian Ambulance Services | Deborah Gail Jackson |
| Western Australian Ambulance Services | Robert Stewart James |
| Western Australian Ambulance Services | Graham Oliver Jones |
| South Australian Ambulance Services | James Douglas Bartlett |
| South Australian Ambulance Services | Paul Douglas Clark |
| Tasmanian Ambulance Services | Janny O'Keefe |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Lieutenant Commander Andrew Richard Hough | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Executive Officer of HMAS Melbourne during Operation SLIPPER from September 2013 to February 2014. |
| Navy | Captain Brian Jonothan Schlegel | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Commanding Officer HMAS Melbourne and Commander Task Group 633.1 on Operation SLIPPER from September 2013 to February 2014. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Michael Timothy Bye | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Commanding Officer of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Task Force on Operation SLIPPER from May to December 2013. |
| Army | Corporal H | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations on Operation SLIPPER. |
| Army | Sergeant J | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as a Team Commander on Operation SLIPPER. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Natasha Lea Ludwig | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations while Commanding Officer, Force Support Unit-Eight on Operation SLIPPER from June 2013 to February 2014. |
| Army | Major Brent Steven Maddock | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Chief Engineer for Combined Team-Uruzgan on Operation SLIPPER from June 2013 to December 2013. |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Christopher Damien Hatch | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Force Protection Authority for Multi National Base Command-Tarin Kot, on Operation SLIPPER from July 2013 to December 2013. |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | LCDR Phillip Michael Brown | For outstanding achievement in the design and implementation of the S-70B-2 helicopter technical training system in Training Authority-Aviation from July 2012 until July 2014. |
| Navy | Commander Lorinda Anne Carlin | For outstanding achievement as the Fleet Maritime Logistics Officer. |
| Navy | Lieut Brenton-James Alexander Glover | For outstanding achievement as Executive Officer of from May 2011 until the decommissioning of the ship in December 2014. |
| Navy | Commander Ashley Mark Papp | For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer of during Operation LANDSCAPE. |
| Navy | Captain Mona Shindy | For outstanding achievement as the Navy Strategic Adviser on Islamic Cultural Affairs. |
| Army | LtCol Paul Joseph Barta | For outstanding devotion to duty as the Assistant Defence Attaché Manila during the Australian whole of government response to the Rodwell kidnap for ransom, and immediately following the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan. |
| Army | Major H | For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as Staff Officer in Special Operations Headquarters. |
| Army | Major Vicki Ann Lanagan | For outstanding achievement to the Australian Army in the field of career management. |
| Army | LtCol Roderick Lindsay Lang | For outstanding achievement as the Commander of Joint Task Force 630 on Operation PHILIPPINES ASSIST during the period 23 November to 17 December 2013. |
| Army | LtCol Ian Douglas Marsh | For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the 1st Health Support Battalion and the 1st Close Health Battalion. |
| Army | LtCol Scott Martin Morris | For outstanding achievement as Staff Officer Grade One Global Operations Team One, Operation SLIPPER, Headquarters Joint Operations Command from January 2013 to May 2014. |
| Army | LtCol Matthew John Quinn | For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty in the Infrastructure Section of Army Headquarters. |
| Army | Colonel S | For outstanding devotion to duty as a Director in Special Operations Command. |
| Army | Colonel Murray Ronald Thompson | For outstanding achievement as Director Future Military Commitments, Military Strategic Commitments Branch. |
| Army | Major John Kevin Walker | For outstanding achievement as Officer Commanding B Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Debra Anne Greig | For outstanding achievement in personnel management and administration. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander James Robert Hogg | For outstanding achievement as Deputy Director of the Air Mobility Control Centre. |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer John Laing Lindsay | For outstanding devotion to duty as the Warrant Officer-In-Charge of Aircraft Life Support Section at Number 92 Wing. |
| Air Force | Group Captain Sue Elizabeth McGready | For outstanding achievement as the Commander, Defence National Storage and Distribution Centre. |
| Air Force | Group Captain Paul James Willmot | For outstanding devotion to duty in aircrew development and sustainment. |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Nicholas Llewellyn Davies | For meritorious devotion to duty as Chief Petty Officer Physical Training Instructor at the Navy Indoor Sports Centre, in managing and executing Military Self Defence training for Operations RESOLUTE and SOVEREIGN BORDERS. |
| Navy | Leading Seaman Emily Jade Ettridge | For meritorious achievement as the First Aid Recruit Instructor at the Royal Australian Navy Recruit School,. |
| Navy | Captain Wendy Anne Malcolm | For meritorious devotion to duty as the ANZAC Systems Program Office Director. |
| Navy | Commander Gareth Keri Marjoram | For meritorious achievement as Senior Weapons Electrical Engineer at Submarine Force Headquarters, and Senior Engineering Officer,. |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Raymond Kenneth Rosendale | For meritorious achievement as the Navy Strategic Adviser on Indigenous Cultural Affairs. |
| Navy | Leading Seaman Simon Robert Yates | For meritorious achievement in Boatswain training implementation as the Boatswain's Faculty Program Assistant, HMAS Cerberus. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Elisabeth Mary Barnett | For meritorious devotion to duty as the Career Advisor for Royal Australian Army Medical Corps and Royal Australian Army Dental Corps officers at the Directorate of Officer Career Management-Army. |
| Army | Sergeant Mitchell Scott Chatt | For meritorious devotion to duty as a member, and then Officer in Charge, of the Combat Health Training Team, Army School of Health. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel G | For meritorious achievement as Staff Officer Grade One in Army Headquarters. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One David Ramon Grundell | For meritorious achievement as the Master Gunner, New Equipment Training Team. |
| Army | Major Konrad Kazmirowicz | For meritorious achievement as Officer Commanding C Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment and Chief Instructor for the CH-47D Chinook capability. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Denise Oliver | For meritorious achievement as Staff Officer Grade 1 Special Projects, Army Compliance and Assurance Agency. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel S | For meritorious devotion to duty to Special Operations Command. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two W | For meritorious devotion to duty to the 1st Commando Regiment, and in committed support to unit welfare and the seriously wounded and injured soldiers and their families. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One W | For meritorious achievement and dedication to duty to the Special Air Service Regiment. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Stephen Paul Wurst | For meritorious devotion to duty as the Assistant Army Attaché, Australian Defence Staff-Jakarta. |
| Air Force | Corporal Cameron Adon Lambert | For meritorious devotion to duty in Airfield Engineering Flight at Number 383 Squadron. |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Janet Louise O'Dea | For meritorious devotion to duty as Squadron Warrant Officer of Number 460 Squadron. |